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The Smiling Lieutenant

“Maurice Chevalier laughing and loving again in Ernst Lubitsch's sparkling cocktail of romantic merriment”

1931 · 1 h 33 min
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
ComedyMusicalRomance

Cast

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Plot

A womanising Viennese lieutenant is forced to marry a shy princess and tries to keep his girlfriend.

Sinekatalog’s take

Ernst Lubitsch's musical comedy, with Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert and Miriam Hopkins, is witty and sophisticated.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (4,481 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.